California authorities release names of 4 killed in bus crash

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a fatal accident in Blythe, Calif. on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. A tractor-trailer spilled a load of steel pipes onto a highway, triggering a bus crash Wednesday that killed four people and seriously injured several others on the main road linking Southern California and Arizona, authorities said. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)

The Riverside County Coroner's Office in California released the names of the four people who died in a bus crash on Wednesday near the Arizona border.

According to a statement Pablo Ramirez, 67; Angel Hernandez, 49; Luz Rivera, 44; and Jessica Garcia, 30; all died at about 2:32 a.m. on Wednesday on Interstate-10 in Blythe, Calif., on a bus that was traveling from El Paso to Los Angeles.

An El Paso-Los Angeles Limousine Express, Inc. bus crashed on the highway after it ran over steel pipes that were dropped on the road when an 18-wheeler jackknifed in the center median.

Several others were injured, according to officials.

The bus left El Paso at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday and was scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles at about 8 a.m.

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Aaron Bracamontes

on Wednesday. It had also made a stop in Phoenix.

All four individuals are from California. Garcia is from Chula Vista, Rivera is from Compton, Hernandez is from Hacienda Heights and Ramirez is from Rico Rivera.